Shreveport Music House: a group of new orleans (and local) muscians and builders are making a 'playable' house as part of the UNSCENE Project. Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times

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There's a project on Shreveport's Texas Avenue that intends to take full advantage of space and sound, art and architecture, local talent and New Orleans know-how. It's part of the wider UNSCENE events emerging each month in Shreveport, and its builders are hoping for something locals can own.

"We decided to build a musical house. It was an idea that grew out of looking at New Orleans architecture and musical culture," said Delaney Martin, artistic director of the team of musical architects working the project. "This seemed like an ...